The 120-million-year-old fossilized skin traces, which show round and polygonal scales measuring between 3 and 5 mm in diameter, was found in the Kitatanicho district of Katsuyama.
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Deputy Director Yoichi Azuma hailed the discovery. "We've had to rely on overseas
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Experts believe the skin comes from the leg of a herbivorous dinosaur, judging by the shape, but say it's difficult to identify its species without any fossilized skeletal remains.